On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 04:15:48PM +0000, Dan S wrote: > My point here is not that the "rule" Fons denies is not an unbreakable > rule but it's an extremely strong convention, empirically demonstrated > in this pop dataset at the least. So yes it's a "rule" in the > colloquial sense, and not just in bass music. It is certainly a very strong convention. Apart from loudness there may be another reason why. In typical 'chart' music the bass is responsible for a large part of the signal level. It's easy to test this, take your favourite track and send it via a switchable highpass (200 Hz) to a meter that shows both RMS and peak (e.g. a K-meter). With the filter in place, the RMS level wil drop quite a bit (between 5 and 10 dB). The peak level will change much less. That means that when you put the bass off-center, your level meters may well show 'out of balance', in particular if they have a small range as e.g. a VU, during the entire song. Many sound engineers probably dislike that, even if it does no harm at all. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
